Basketball player from a Florida Catholic HS, profs are supportive, travel to NYC this week for scrimmage, gets work done in advance, sports management major, 4 major teams in DC, close with team mates, beautiful campus does not feel like you are in a city, in season he works in admissions, most nights practicing and watching film

young lady from a Christian high school, plays Field Hockey, majoring in international business, mentored by upperclassmen who were on her team, Spanish minor, university has gpa requirement 2.5 to play, her team is 3.0, study abroad Barcelona, summer intern offered her a job, 2 Starbucks on campus where she studies a lot & socializes, works at front desk at athletic center 2x/week, practice a couple times a week out of season & have a tournament every once in a while, 4/6 of her roommates go to mass each Sunday, looked at D1 and was recruited as a sophomore but turned them down - too soon, she thought

young man who plays football, went to Catholic schooling k-12, Spanish class does service together, from Baltimore, a finance major who transferred from West Point, lifting at 6am, classes 11-4, internships with commercial real estate (CBRE internship hopes it turns into a job)

young man from a Catholic HS, business major from NJ playing bball, wants to intern with a DC team, works at athletic center, no classes Fridays

young woman social work major with lots of field hours, from California, soccer player, time management is key but she learned that in HS, going for MSW degree at CUA, came in undecided, 2x week internship, also on swim team, only MWF classes, T TH clinical hours, went to a Catholic HS, can feel it in the culture, lots of school spirit-friends go to games, not just mens basketball

young woman from Massachusetts, bio major who plays lax on a family like team, do lots of service together, going for Physician Assistant school in Boston, don't hang out with just your teammates, meet other people, am practices 630-830am, study hall 9-10, 10-4 classes and labs, tutoring job til 6pm,

Student Athletes give advice to seniors:

figure out if you want a big or small school right away

figure out if the city is right for you

visit a lot of campuses

research your major at different colleges in depth

Advice to student athletes in high school:

have to put yourself out there and get yourself recruited

know the rules about D1, D2 versus D3

could you be happy at the school without the sport?

Basics about The Catholic University of America

the only place with a basilica on campus!

a beautiful residential campus, with grass and trees, an unusually green oasis in the big city

two metro stops on campus so it's easy to get around the city

you have an outdated notion of Catholic if you think Michigan Avenue is dangerous. So much has changed in the past 4 years, lots of development and it's a much safer place.

typically, 5% of the students on any campus access accommodations. They don't just hand student their letter of accommodation, but meet with them every 2 weeks to plan ahead, with a learning specialist. They are seeing more students on the autism spectrum, try to connect students with upperclassmen to forge connections. Documentation can be an issue at other colleges, but Catholic realizes a neuropsych exam is $3500 and families may hesitate to do so. Catholic offers a lower cost one. A 3-sentence letter from a Dr about autism works.

First Year Experience = 18 students in a learning community who take their core theology, English, philosophy classes together. Field trips around D.C. Service learning experiences too.

Tutoring serves 800 students per year in math and subject labs, staffed by peer tutors and there is also individual tutoring. Not a remedial program. Groups are free, individual there's a fee. Writing Center is very popular.

Probably a December 15 notification if you applied Early Action (Nov 1 deadline)

they strip all the weighting out of a school's calculation so every applicant is measured on the same GPA (4.0, which is what we use with very little weighting)

strength of curriculum is very important and they rate it on a scale of 4-10.

Did you take plenty of core courses senior year: science, history, foreign language?

demonstrated interest helps but is not a deciding factor. Having visited the campus helps the applicant to fill out the Why CUA section on the application.

Cheverus applicants who are admitted have a B+ average with 6-8 range on strength of curriculum, 25-30 ACT or high 500s SATs

truly test optional, even for nursing and engineering, merit money

90 slots for their nursing program makes it a limited admit program, and their averages need to be higher to get admitted (scores, GPA and strength of curriculum)

admissions, not the nursing faculty, admit to the nursing program

merit money is only grades, strength of curriculum, $13-26k including $3k for honors.

Parish scholarship is additional $3k a year and is stackable, apply on CommonApp

Cost: $58k all in

FAFSA and CSS Profile are both required to access need based aid

Examples: $30k in financial need, typical package is almost full need met. $40k in need? 88% need met. More need than that? You are gapped the most and they rarely meet full need.They might meet full need if demonstrated interest, high gpa, high strength of curriculum.